Concerned shareholders of Forbes & Manhattan Coal Corp. questions process to acquire Riversdale Mining Limited from Rio Tinto
DENVER, CO, Sept. 26, 2012 /CNW/ - Resource Capital Fund V L.P. ("RCF"), Terrafirma Securities Holdings LL.C. and Skye Alba Pty Ltd, (together the "Concerned Shareholders") today expressed concern regarding the announcement from Forbes Coal & Manhattan ("the Company") to enter into a definitive agreement to acquire 100% ownership of the shares and shareholder claims of Riversdale Mining Limited in Riversdale Holdings (Proprietary) Limited from Rio Tinto.
"We consider it inappropriate that the company has been committed to a transaction by a Board that does not have the majority support of its shareholders," said Mason Hillis, Partner, RCF, on behalf of the Concerned Shareholders. "We feel that the timing of this decision validates our concerns that the Board is not independently and transparently operating to the benefit of the Company's shareholders."
The transaction comes as the Concerned Shareholders recently sought and secured overwhelming shareholder support to strengthen the corporate governance standards at Forbes Coal for the benefit of shareholders, through the appointment of a slate of directors that reduces the influence of any one shareholder.
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SOURCE: Resource Capital Fund V L.P.
RCF Contact: Mason Hills, Partner, +1 720 946 1444
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